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What each one costs
| Sortly plan | List price a month | Unique items | Users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100 | 1 |
| Advanced | $49 | 500 | 2 |
| Ultra | $149 | 2,000 | 5 |
| Premium | $299 | 5,000 | 8 |
| Enterprise | Quote | 10,000 and up | 12 and up |
Checked November 2026 on Sortly's pricing page. It also shows a lower first-year price for new customers billed yearly. Quantities of one item do not count toward the item limit.
Gear comes with every paid Cutvey plan, with no limit on items: Solo $49, Pro $99 and Studio $199 a month, or $29, $59 and $119 a month billed yearly. Renting gear out to others is on Pro and up.
Five hundred items sounds like a lot until you count every cable, battery, card and clamp. A studio with a full grip package will reach Sortly's Advanced limit sooner than it expects, and Cutvey has no item count to watch.
Counting and booking are different questions
Sortly answers "how many do we have, and where are they". It is built for that: folders, quantities, low-stock alerts, purchase orders, custom fields, and a phone app that keeps working with no signal. A warehouse, a prop store or a studio full of expendables is well served.
A production company is usually asking something else: "is the second Aputure free on the 14th, and who has it now?" That is a booking question. In Cutvey every check-out is a booking with a start and an end. Before it is saved, Cutvey checks those dates against every other booking, counts a bulk item's quantity, treats a kit as the items in it, and treats an item in for repair as unavailable. A clash is flagged before it becomes a problem on set.
What Cutvey's Gear does
- Items, kits, places, and bulk items with a count and a low mark
- Labels with a QR code and a Code 128 barcode, on Avery 5160 sheets or Brother, DYMO and Zebra rolls
- Scanning with a barcode scanner, the Cutvey app on your phone, or the browser camera where your browser supports it
- Check-outs as bookings, with clash flags and due and late reminders to whoever holds the item
- Service tickets and schedules, and stock-takes that move nothing until you press Finish
- Purchase price, value, warranty and an insurance schedule, shown only to seats that can see money
- On Pro and up, renting gear to clients with a signed quote and invoices
Side by side
| Job | Sortly | Cutvey |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 100 items | No |
| Item limit | 500 to 5,000 by plan | No limit |
| Barcode and QR labels | Yes | QR and Code 128 |
| Scanning on a phone | In its app | In the Cutvey app, or a supported browser |
| Works offline on a phone | Yes | No |
| Check-in and check-out | Yes | As bookings, with clash flags |
| Low-stock alerts and purchase orders | Yes | A low mark on bulk items, and purchase orders in Vendors |
| Maintenance and repair | Date-based alerts for maintenance and repair schedules | Service tickets that take an item out of use, and service schedules |
| Renting gear to clients | No | Yes, on Pro and up |
| Gear tied to a job and its crew | No | Yes |
Sortly features read from its pricing page, November 2, 2026. Their site is the source of truth.
A small studio's kit, both ways
Take a two-camera package: two bodies, six lenses, a case of batteries, a shelf of tape and gels, three lights with stands, and a sound bag. In Sortly that is a tidy set of folders, the batteries and tape as quantities, and an alert when the tape runs low. Anyone can see what is on the shelf right now.
In Cutvey the same list is items, a kit for each camera, and bulk items for the batteries and the tape. The difference shows up when two jobs land in the same week. Booking camera A on Tuesday's shoot holds its kit for those dates, and a second booking that needs it is flagged before anyone packs a case. On the day, the crew member who takes it gets the reminder to bring it back.
Moving from Sortly
Export your items, then import the CSV in Cutvey. The import recognizes Sortly's headings, such as Entry Name, Folder and the Barcode and QR columns, and skips folder rows. Barcodes already on your gear are kept as codes on the item, so they keep scanning. Up to 2,000 rows go in a file, and every row is checked before anything saves.
When to choose Sortly
- You track consumables and stock levels more than bookings.
- A free plan for 100 items is enough.
- Your team works where there is no signal.
- You need inventory for something other than production, such as a shop or a warehouse.
Where Cutvey falls short
There is no free plan and no offline mode, and stock control is simpler than Sortly's. Gear is one part of a larger product. To see how it works, read set up your gear inventory, labels and scanning and import from Sortly.
Frequently asked
Is there an item limit on Cutvey's Gear?
No. Gear comes with every paid plan, with no limit on items.
Can I keep my Sortly labels?
Yes. Barcodes and QR codes in the import are kept as codes on each item, so the labels on your gear keep scanning.
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